Difference between revisions of "With Kiss. Kiss Criss. Cross Criss. Kiss Cross."
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* '''XXXX''' → kisses at the end of a letter ([[Image:Book.PNG]]) → [[Page_111|FW 111.17]] [[four crosskisses]] | * '''XXXX''' → kisses at the end of a letter ([[Image:Book.PNG]]) → [[Page_111|FW 111.17]] [[four crosskisses]] | ||
− | * '''criss-cross''' → the lines of [[ALP|ALP’s]] letter run both horizontally and vertically across the page | + | * '''criss-cross''' → the lines of [[ALP|ALP’s]] letter run both horizontally and vertically across the page ([[Page_111|FW 114.02-07]]); this reflects a common practice of Irish peasants in the 19th Century, which was designed to save paper → the criss-crossing of the lines also reflects the flagpatch quilt on [[HCE]] and [[ALP|ALP's]] bed ([[Page_559|FW 559.13]]) → in ''Ulysses'' (709.32 in ''Penelope'') there is an allusion to such ''crossed letters'' |
+ | ** [http://crash.ihug.co.nz/~awoodley/crossedletter.html Image of A Crossed Letter] | ||
* '''Christ's cross''' → the Crucifixion | * '''Christ's cross''' → the Crucifixion | ||
* '''kiss the cross''' | * '''kiss the cross''' | ||
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+ | *'''kiss cross:''' Judas' kiss that got Jesus onto the cross | ||
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+ | *'''sign of the cross:''' this is also a burial scene in which the officiant is reading out of the Book of Common Prayer, this represents the four movements of the sign of the cross |
Latest revision as of 02:09, 27 September 2019
- XXXX → kisses at the end of a letter (File:Book.PNG) → FW 111.17 four crosskisses
- criss-cross → the lines of ALP’s letter run both horizontally and vertically across the page (FW 114.02-07); this reflects a common practice of Irish peasants in the 19th Century, which was designed to save paper → the criss-crossing of the lines also reflects the flagpatch quilt on HCE and ALP's bed (FW 559.13) → in Ulysses (709.32 in Penelope) there is an allusion to such crossed letters
- Christ's cross → the Crucifixion
- kiss the cross
- kiss cross: Judas' kiss that got Jesus onto the cross
- sign of the cross: this is also a burial scene in which the officiant is reading out of the Book of Common Prayer, this represents the four movements of the sign of the cross